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Smith is now in the process of collecting data for his next novel, set in the Sunbelt. It is, once again, a thriller. "The format," he feels, "is inexhaustible. We don't need farfetched plots: 'What if the President were a midget and his wife were a man?' All we have to do is ask, 'What if the President were Ronald Reagan? What if the leadership of Russia were over 80?' The drama is there. All we have to do is get it down on paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Moral, Exportable Sleuth | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

...conference this year was the simulation of a second Camp David summit. Using a format designed by Roger D. Fisher '43, Williston professor of Law, delegates representing Israel and Egypt traded concessions, each of which had to be ratified by the Knesset and Arab League, respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Participants at Harvard National Model U.N. Debate, Compromise and Party at Park Plaza | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...broken crockery), are immensely fashionable with collectors for reasons the work does not make clear. But nobody, not even the most dedicated footslogger on the SoHo treadmill, could have known everything in these three shows firsthand. Taken together, they make one realize yet again how indispensable the salon format is to a healthy art world. The curated survey, whose American prototype is the Whitney Biennial, always has patches of boredom and baldness, but it is still the nearest thing we have to the clamorous variety of the 19th century salon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Quirks, Clamors and Variety | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

Both owners and employees called the station's format important and unique to Cambridge. "It's important to have a small media outlet to give the other side of the news," Moylan said...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: WCAS Owners, Broadcasters Reach Pact, Will Stay on Air | 2/20/1981 | See Source »

...station's financial problems stemmed from its inability to sell enough advertising, Stone said, adding that "the station's format is not commercial enough to sell ads." The 25-year-old AM station plays mostly folk music, in addition to its Cambridge-focused news broadcasts...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: WCAS Owners, Broadcasters Reach Pact, Will Stay on Air | 2/20/1981 | See Source »

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